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Five Live Racing Specials from Belmont Park Starting Saturday, September 14

New York, NY (September 13, 2013) - MSG Networks, along with The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA), announced today that MSG+ will telecast The New York Racing Series, featuring five live thoroughbred racing specials from Belmont Park, starting Saturday, September 14. All racing specials in The New York Racing Series will air from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Between September 14 and October 19, The New York Racing Series will showcase a total of 10 live races from Belmont Park, including four Grade 1 races. The lineup of races includes the Garden City, Noble Damsel, Matron, Futurity, Foxwoods Champagne, Frizette, Jamaica, Pilgrim, Miss Grillo and the New York Showcase Day presented by The New York Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund, featuring seven stakes races for New York-bred horses.

The New York Racing Series telecasts on MSG+ will feature host Jason Blewitt with analysts Eric Donovan, Richard Migliore, Andy Serling and Maggie Wolfendale.

MSG Networks is the exclusive local television home of the New York Knicks, New York Rangers, New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres (Upstate New York only), New York Liberty and New York Red Bulls, and the official regional sports networks of the New York Giants. MSG Networks also telecasts over 100 live college basketball games and over 35 live college football games from top national conferences (ACC, SEC, Big 12, Big East, Pac 12, Conference USA), as well as horse racing, boxing and award-winning original programming. In 2013, MSG Networks received 18 New York Emmy Awards, including 16 for MSG and one each for MSG+ and MSG.com. MSG's 85 Emmys over the past six years are more than any single network or station in the region during that time.